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== =__Amendment 12__ By: Ally, Angela, Jon=

__**Amendment 12**__
"The Electors shall meet in their respective states, and vote by ballot for President and Vice-President, one of whom, at least, shall not be an inhabitant of the same state with themselves; they shall name in their ballots the person voted for as President, and in distinct ballots the person voted for as Vice-President, and they shall make distinct lists of all persons voted for as President, and of all persons voted for as Vice-President and of the number of votes for each, which lists they shall sign and certify, and transmit sealed to the seat of the government of the United States, directed to the President of the Senate;"

__Questions and Answers:__
__**What does Amendment 12 do/mean?**__ What amendment 12 is really saying is that each of the states goes in the ballots and votes for the president and the vice-president. Each of the states gets at least one vote. After all of the voting is completed the president of the Senate and the president of the House of Representatives meet and open all of the certificates. They count up all of them and then they see who had the greatest amount of votes. If the numbers are tied or are not high then the House of Representatives choose who would be president.

Yes, we use it every time we are voting for a new president.
 * __Is this amendment still valid today?__**

It was proposed by the congress and passed by the congress. The 12th amendment was proposed by the congress on December 9,1803. It was later ratified on June 15,1804.
 * __Who created this amendment?__**
 * __When was the Amendment 12th brought up?__**

**__vs__**. During the time with Amendment 12, the Louisiana Purchase was given to the United States of America from France. It was a big new territory for the USA.
 * __What was going on in our country during 1803?__**

The issue that the twelfth amendment applies to today is to all of the voting systems in the states.It also applies to the Electoral Colleges and of how their votes are supposed to count for the majority if there is a tie.
 * __What issues does this amendment apply to today?__**

The Electoral College creates this issue debating if it is fair or not fair that they are going to count the votes if there is a tie.
 * __What creates this issue?__**

The Presidential Election in the 1800's. The Presidential Election was between Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr who were running for vice-president at the time. Thomas Jefferson Vs. Aaron Burr __**Why was the 12th Amendment made?**__ The Twelfth Amendment was made because of the presidential elections in the 1800's and from the appearance of the two-party system. The two-party system was made up of the Federalist party and then the Democratic-Republican party. The original Constitution did not consider political parties, not believing that all Americans would always have the good of the nation. So Jefferson and Burr got in, one from each party. They weren't good working together and caused violence. The 12th changed that, so the President would have a form of his own party.
 * __What is an example of this issue?__**

__**General Information :**__
 * The twelfth amendment was proposed by the Congress on the 9th of December in the year of 1803.
 * Both Delaware and Connecticut refused to sign the amendment and rejected it. They were the only two states that did not want amendment 12 to pass.
 * The last ratification of all of the states was in the year of 1961 when Massachusetts finished ratifying.
 * The twelfth amendment was ratified quickly and overwhelmingly.
 * Right now this year people are thinking of getting rid of the electoral college because they think that it is not fair that it should count.
 * The Electoral College has two phases that take part in the Presidential Elections.
 * There are 538 Electoral votes.
 * The Electoral votes are different for each of the states because it determines on how many people are in the House of Representatives and of how many people are in the Senate. This was decided by the Framers of the Constitution.
 * The Framers of the Constitution also made the decision of letting three-fifths of the states slave's votes count as the population.
 * In the year of 2002 the twelfth amendment was updated. Now the twelfth amendment allows each of the states have at least three Electoral College votes. The two votes are for the Senate and the last vote is for the House of Representatives.
 * The President of the Senate will meet with all of the members of the Senate and the House and open up the certificates. After they open all of the certificates they count up all the votes and see which of the candidates got the majority.

By: Ally This article is about Micheal Bloomberg and the 12th amendment. People say Mayor Bloomberg is entering the 2008 Presidential Race. Many people don't think that Micheal could get enough Electoral College votes. So, the most likely case is that the best case for Mr. Bloomberg is a split in the Electoral College. Mr. Bloomberg needs to get enough electoral votes so that no candidate obtains an majority of 270 electors. In this case, the race would be decided in the House of Representatives. Specifically, the House of the 110th Congress would decide it.
 * __Current Events:__**
 * __Michael Bloomberg vs. the 12th Amendment__**
 * http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2007/06/bloomberg_vs_the_12th_amendment.html**

__http://www.footnotetv.com/mwelections.html (Angela's current event)__ This article is about the Electoral College votes in the year of 2002. The Electoral College has two phases to the Presidential Election. The first phase is when the people come to vote for the presidential candidates. The second phase is when the electors vote for who they want to be the next President of the United States. There are 538 electoral college votes throughout all of the states. The number of electoral college votes per each of the states depends on how many people are in the House of Representatives and the Senate. This decision was made by the Framers of the Constitution.

__**Additional Links:**__ http://www.usconstitution.net/const.html#Am12 [|] [|http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/data/constitution/amendment12/__] http://www.maitreg.com/politics/documents/amendments.asp#amd12__** http://www.multied.com/elections/1800.html (Jons current event)**
 * [|ers/tocs/amendXII.html]
 * [|http://millercenter.virginia.edu/academic/americanpresident/jefferson/essays/biography/3__]
 * http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2007/06/bloomberg_vs_the_12th_amendment.html (ally's current event)**